Texas Miracle. Gwen Ford Faulkenberry
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Название: Texas Miracle
Автор: Gwen Ford Faulkenberry
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Короткие любовные романы
Серия: Mills & Boon Heartwarming
isbn: 9781474047166
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“Yes. Yes it does.” Joiner nodded. “Dr. Laws seems to think babies are pretty safe to be born after twenty-eight weeks and we are in the thirty-second.”
“That’s great,” said Hunt.
“It’s not ideal.” Joiner squeezed his hands into fists. “But probably—surely—everything will be okay.”
Mac patted Joiner on the back. “I believe it will. Stella is a strong woman.”
Joiner sighed. “It’s not how we planned it, but I have to trust God has a plan.”
They ate their steaks in relative silence compared with the usual brotherhood meetings back in Kilgore. It seemed there was everything and nothing to say. The gravity of the situation—its danger as well as its potential joy—hung in the air around their table.
Joiner didn’t hurry them, but Mac knew he wanted to get back to the hospital. He tried to pay the bill in secret. Mac saw and stopped him. “This one’s on me. It’s not every day a guy becomes an uncle.”
* * *
THEY ALL HUNG out in Stella’s room for a few hours after Buster left. Alma and her husband, Felix, arrived with a bag of clothes and toiletries for Joiner and Stella, along with hot sopaipillas and honey. Thirty minutes or so after they left, Hunt and Cullen drove back to Kilgore with their wives. Mac stayed till bedtime.
“I’ll see you in the morning. Try to get some rest.” He kissed Stella on the cheek.
She squeezed his hand. “Thanks for taking care of us.”
“Love you, girl,” Mac said.
“Love you back.”
As he and Joiner walked toward the door, his brother said, “The plan is to start Pitocin about seven o’clock.”
“I’ll be here at eight—that good?”
“How will you manage that with work?”
“It’s already managed. New assistant, Jacqueline, remember?”
“That’s good.” Joiner hugged him hard. “Thanks for everything.”
On the way home, Mac decided to call Jacqueline, not because he had any new news to report or even because he was curious about what might have happened at the office. He wouldn’t admit this to her, and most certainly not to himself, but he decided to call simply because he wanted to hear the sound of her voice.
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